" Randy Wolf and the Dodgers' bullpen outpitched St. Louis ace Chris Carpenter, earning Los Angeles a 5-3 victory over the Cardinals on Wednesday night in a National League Division Series opener full of missed chances for both teams.

St. Louis The St. Louis Cardinals announced Monday that they have come to a two year agreement with second baseman Skip Schumaker.

For the last decade the St. Louis Cardinals have had third base occupied by big names like Albert Pujols, Scott Rolen, Troy Glaus, and Mark Derosa.

Ten-year-old Luke Remington is a big St. Louis Cardinals fan. His favorite Cardinals are Albert Pujols and Ozzie Smith.

Former Montreal Expos outfielder Ron LeFlore watches as Adam Ocasio, 6, hits the ball Saturday at a baseball clinic at Tom Varn Park.

The temptation was too great. It was like a fastball down the middle -- too alluring to let pass without a swing.

This article can also be seen at the Bird's Eye View . Enjoy. Nomar Garciaparra.

The Post-Dispatch's Joe Strauss said in a chat Wednesday that the Cardinals have "engaged Pujols and his agent, Dan Lozano, in contract talks." Strauss basically cautioned that this in no way means a deal is close or that anything will get done before the season starts, but it's good to hear there's already been some dialogue.

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MT. VERNON - As a St. Louis Cardinals fan, Pam Green considers herself "pushy" when it comes to claiming autographs.

The St. Louis pitching staff featured one of the game's best 1-2-3 punches last year, and that was enough to pave the way to the postseason.

Anthony Bell, a fourth grade student from Parkwood Elementary in the Pattonville School District, today became the 20,000th student to participate in the Cardinals Academic Program .

Lenore Velez has followed the New York Yankees since the early 1960s. She recalls with great distaste events following the Yankees' loss to the St.

As sure as there's beer in the bleachers, when you ask any general manager about a trade rumor, he'll mention in his denial, "We're always looking to improve our team." When such change comes, often a young player's opportunity is snatched away quicker than his manager can say, "You're going to Batavia." The Reds sign veteran Orlando Cabrera, and ...

With just under three weeks before pitchers and catchers take to the green playing fields of spring training, it's time to take stock of the St.

Many thanks to Daniel of Cardinal 70 at the Bat ...were it not for him graciously including me on the United Cardinals Bloggers projects, this Web log would be, well... gathering more dust than it currently is.

Before "Moneyball", Average and Slugging were perceived as the only ways to evaluate a hitter performance, then we started looking at OBP then OPS and GPA which opened the way to a whole new set of metrics: wOBA, VORP, FIP, tRA... With Pitch f/x, we can analyze the pitcher stuff: The breaking of his Slider, the velocity of his 4 seamer, the ...

Jim Edmonds is a four-time All-Star and an eight-time Gold Glove Award-winning outfielder, so he doesn't have a lot of experience competing for a job in Spring Training.

QUESTION: Cards GM John Mozeliak has indicated the Cards likely will wait until spring training to assess their needs before turning to the free agent market.

As I sit with the winter weather falling around me, it seems an appropriate time to do someA reminiscing.

Not long until pitchers and catchers report. Twenty days or so. Baseball season is almost here! Right now though, we talk about what the Cardinals need to do to get ready for the start of spring.